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Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 11,594 Send Message	~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ 007 1/2	Report	17 Mar 2012 20:46
	lol Lynda :-D
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 23,596 Send Message	JoyBoroAngel	Report	17 Mar 2012 20:48
	my great grandfather was fine 4 pence for not marking his pig and a shilling for not going to church
	Researching: The birth of Middlesbrough
Member Since: April 2009 Posts: 3,209 Send Message	Susan10146857	Report	17 Mar 2012 20:49
	Lol and Lol bet you have broken this law if a poststage stamp with the Queens head on is placed upside down it is counted as Treason, which still carries the death penalty. Hmm do you think the Queen knows of this law? Read more: http://socyberty.com/law/10-hilariously-weird-laws-of-england/#ixzz1pPQCrsJg
	Researching: Member since 2003
Member Since: January 2010 Posts: 6,802 Send Message	supercrutch	Report	17 Mar 2012 20:57
	:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D @ Lynda (you catch on quick doncha?)
	Researching: Jones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Member Since: April 2009 Posts: 3,209 Send Message	Susan10146857	Report	17 Mar 2012 21:00
	I wonder what the reasoning behind this law was Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end will be sentenced to 24 hours in the village stocks (enacted by Edward VI). Lol Lynda.....we know the reasoning behind your law that's an odd number...79p Update..... None of you can come to stay with me because..... A license is required to keep a lunatic. :-D :-D :-D
	Researching: Member since 2003
Member Since: January 2010 Posts: 6,802 Send Message	supercrutch	Report	17 Mar 2012 21:11
	You have stunned Susan into silence and that doesn't happen often :-D :-D
	Researching: Jones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Member Since: April 2009 Posts: 3,209 Send Message	Susan10146857	Report	17 Mar 2012 21:15
	:-P :-P :-Pand :-P Liverpool It is illegal for a woman to be topless in public except as a clerk in a tropical fish store. Chester You can only shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow inside the city walls and after midnight. Hereford You may not shoot a Welsh person on Sunday with a longbow in the Cathedral Close. but apparently you can still shoot a scotsman with a bow and arrow in York....except on a Sunday
	Researching: Member since 2003
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 23,596 Send Message	JoyBoroAngel	Report	17 Mar 2012 21:27
	If you fancy eating a mince pie in England this Christmas Day, you could find yourself in legal hot water. But nip across the border into Wales or Scotland, and you can tuck into this festive treat to your heart's content.
	Researching: The birth of Middlesbrough
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 3,565 Send Message	TheBlackKnight	Report	17 Mar 2012 21:57
	In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants
	Researching: Kelly, Kelley, Kellie, O'Kelly, O'Kelley, Johnson, Phillips, First, Deffenbough, White, Kramer & Williams in USA. --- Kelly, Richards, Turner, Wyatt, Davison, Branch, Harper, Harvey, Plantagenet, & O'Hanlon in UK. If you have any info Please PM me
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 1,631 Send Message	Carol 430181	Report	17 Mar 2012 22:22
	A Police Officer cannot arrest you without his hat on. Carol
	Researching: Vosper Cornwall /Devon. Courtney Cornwall. Arundel Cornwall. Godolphin Cornwall. Tremethick Cornwall. Langdon Cornwall/Devon. Buley Devon. Parsons Cornwall. Bains(wish I knew) Samuels London.
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 49 Send Message	John	Report	17 Mar 2012 22:27
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 49 Send Message	Taxis didn't exist in 1665.
Member Since: April 2009 Posts: 3,209 Send Message	Susan10146857	Report	17 Mar 2012 22:42
	Hi John where does it say 1665?....There has got to be a law against it somewhere :-D
	Researching: Member since 2003
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 11,594 Send Message	~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ 007 1/2	Report	17 Mar 2012 22:44
	the plague lasted a long time after 1665....it probably still exists today
Member Since: April 2009 Posts: 3,209 Send Message	Susan10146857	Report	17 Mar 2012 22:51
	Der......silly me.......What Red said
	Researching: Member since 2003
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 11,594 Send Message	~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ 007 1/2	Report	18 Mar 2012 09:49
	don't worry, i didn't make the connection at first either, google is such a wonderful thing lol